Saturday-Night Theatre The Bishop's Apron

Sat 15th May 1971, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

The novel by W. Somerset Maugham, dramatised by Donald Tosh With George Baker, Peter Pratt and Lydia Sherwood

A Trollopian comedy of manners set in Edwardian London in which Canon Spratte, son of the late Lord Chancellor and brother to Earl Spratte, is determined to obtain a Bishopric. The path to his promotion is far from smooth.
Produced by Graham Gauld
 

Canon Theodore Spratte: George Baker

Lord Spratte: Peter Pratt

Lady Sophia Spratte: Lydia Sherwood

Winifred Spratte: Pat Pleasance

Lionel Spratte: John Rye

Lord Wroxham: Geoffrey Beevers

Mrs Railting: Norah Blaney

Louise Railing: Jo Manning Wilson

Bertram Railing: Michael Spice

Lord Stonehenge: Noel Iliff

Lady Patricia: Ursula Hirst

Sir John Durant: Martin Friend

Gwendolyn Durant: Sheila Grant

Ponsonby: Denis McCarthy

Mrs Fitzherbert: Betty Baskcomb

Mrs Caudle: Marjorie Forsyth

Bishop Poole: Leslie Heritage

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